The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-23
.CLEVELAND'S GUARD.
A STRANGE CHAPTER OF SECRET
-yb HISTORY REVEALED.
Fears Of Assassination Caused Extraor,lI.
nary Precautions to be Adopted at the
Time Of tho Inauguration Tho Work OF
4 Marshal Frey and Inspector Byrncs.
tt1pysi92ttd, 1871

4 Ilhc Oh tHc INCARCERATION TING work OF
Fl Mnrshai Frey and Inspector Byrncs.
Ht ttapy,isAted, 1887,
Outside OF e dozen men In this coun-
\ Try today, 1t Is not known Grover Glove.
lind was inauguratcd President of the
United States under The surveillance OF
Z Gordon Of New York and Baltimore
detectives. Tho President himself does
) not know this and for the first time Is
tho fact published. The intense excite.
mcnt found in every State when 1t was
known Democratic executive had been
elected, Is fresh in recollection. The
thought Of Gniieau brought up the ugly
Z spectre of assassination Us n possibility
Y and there were rumors or imaginings that
\ alarmed the committee Of Washington
Z Democrats having in charge the arrange
z ments for the inauguration. Some Of
Z them were in receipt of letters of the
+ most threatening character. Several
limited Mt conspiracyto prevent Clcve-
land taking office. Again, 1t was reported
= to some Democratic members Of Congress
j that an intense opposition was mani
Y tested toward the successful candidate
/ and that men In some OF the depart
Z ments at Washington were in collision
/, with dangerous element that had gath
Il cred In the city. The effect Of this in
= formation on the minds of some of the
S3committec was such that they decided
9 to take special measures of precaution.
4 A prominent Democratic official went
\ 10 the marshal Of police of Baltimore,
Jacob Frey, a little smiling-faced man,
ethan whom, it is said, there is no shrewder
adjective in this country, and interested
s5hlm in the matter. A rule Of the Balti.
Smorc police force forbids him or any
3othcr member of it leaving the Monu.
sfmental City without leave Of absence.
The board of police commissioners was
through one Of its members
sand permission was obtained for Frey to
Ego tc Washington with such picked men
y rs he saw fit to take with him. Two
Spatrolmcn, Edward Meehan and John
Humphrey, stout, athletic fellows Of
acknowledged proves and courage, who
had done detective work in Baltimore ut
times, were chosen by the chief Of police
land together the trio went to Washing
ston. In the meantime Inspector Thomas
n Byrncs, of New York, had been consulted
and readily agreed 10 help the Baltimore
men all he could. Daily he wrote Mar
;3shal Frey, giving him the movements Of
i Certain persons likely 10 reach Washing
ton and furnishing "tps" and other in
FORMATION likely to be of assistance The
SSBaltimorcans cleyerly hid their business.
&Thcy went heartily to work and subdi.
4yided the city of Washington into dis
tricts and each took one to inspect. The
& ,flrst point OF investigation wns the de-
4 partments They were able to strike up
ssncQunintanccs with clerks and even heads
83!Sof bureaus. The detectives ate with them,
s5lltlrank with them, and in few instances
lodged in the same house with some of
s,hcm. No thought of suspicion crossed
8the minds OF tho ofllceholders, for the
Baltimore men represented themselves US
iscustom-housc officers, postal agents or
Tssecret service fellows, as the case might
t9bc. Another incentive 10 quick friend
55ssship was the libcrality with which
sgthey spent their money. Not in
sWashington alone, but in every
sother city, the chap who puts up
his money for champagne and dinners
4 easily gains the name of "a good fellow"
q From day to day Marshal Frey reported
q the success of his efforts to the members
y Of the Inauguration committee. lie found
ign great deal Of treacherous talk and
n thrcatcned intentions, but these were in
individual capacities. Nowhere could he
gSdiscovcr an organized plan to prevent
~ the Inauguration of President Cleveland.
ii The lower classes Of the city, wharf
iissloungcrs, friends Of thieves and gamblers,
and all others having anything whatever
!Sto do with criminal classes, were next
8"turned up" but nothing beyond express
8sions similar to those heard In the depart
s5mcnts were discovered The resorts and
ishouscs of colorcd people were then
v "shakcn down" with tho same result rs
rSul lotIhcl NV CsLlS htiollss Vi htallS WY ,
3lhis investigation was kept up. The
33hotel, the Arlington, where President
3Clcvcland lodged before the ceremonies
Elwas looked over. The room assigned
Shin underwent n close inspection, and
!; care was taken that by no sort of trick
Cor continuance could he be gotten Mt to do
jShim harm. The means of ingress and
5SSegress, doorways and windows us well as
s%all avenues OF approach were noted. The
Ssdetcctivcs registered at the hotel, and
$Eafter accommodating the premises map
Elpcd out plans to know and meet the
Ssguests stopping there. No one was
ssallowed TO escape attention until his
SSrecord was known.
9 On the night of March 8, 1885, Mt Jcr-
$scy City, President Cleveland and party
boarded atrain for Washington. En-
I ceptinga member of the Inauguration
i arrangement committee who had come
s80n to 80 with the company back to the
Capitol, not ono in the coach knew that
tine.looking, handsomely.drcsscd
n gentleman who sat in ono Of the rear
atEteats, his dancing black eyes covering in
their quick movements all present, was
Slnspcctor Byrncs and the two who were
33With him were detectives Cosgroyc and
asSlcvin, of New York, President Cleveland
knows so this day. All idea. of
Sspoicc surveillance was hid from him, be.